That is true. And as for cemeteries outside the city limits, the city expands and the cemeteries are then inside the city limits. <g>   Shirley --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Joe D. Deaver <ancestry@deaver.com> wrote: From: Joe D. Deaver <ancestry@deaver.com> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Live & Learn - Cemetery Laws To: txgen@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 2:13 PM Come to think of it, I can't ever recall a new cemetery in this area, except the National Veterans Cemetery.   How often do you seen new cemeteries built?  Most just expand.  :) Joe -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:05 AM To: txgen Subject: [TXGEN] Live & Learn - Cemetery Laws *Well, I learned something today when looking up some cemetery laws.  In the state of Texas since 1993 (don't know about other states), it is illegal to put a cemetery inside city limits. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message